News Releases

• 20 More Bellingham School District Teachers Become National Board Certified
  Twenty staff members in the Bellingham School District earned National Board Certification this year. They are:
  
• District Students, Staff and Schools Receive Honors
  The following Bellingham School District students and staff from Sehome High School, Fairhaven, Kulshan, Shuksan and Whatcom middle schools, Central Services and Roosevelt, Sunnyland and Wade King elementary schools received national and regional recognition recently.
  
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  Inside Schools Annual Community Newsletter, Winter 2009 ( 0.96 MB)
  Inside Schools is mailed annually to keep community members informed.
  
• Changes to Current School Year Calendar due to Make-Up Days from Inclement Weather
  Bellingham School District families and staff should make the following changes on their calendars for the remainder of this year:
  
• District, Association Working on 2009-11 School Year Calendars
  The Bellingham School District is currently working with the Bellingham Education Association (BEA) to develop the 2009-10 and 2010-11 school year calendars. The School Board will approve the final 2009-11 school year calendars in early 2009 and the information will be distributed at that time.
  
• EPA Honors District for Exemplary Indoor Air Quality Program
  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) 2008 Indoor Air Quality Tools for Schools (IAQ TfS) has honored the Bellingham School District with the Model of Sustained Excellence Award with for its exemplary efforts to improve indoor air quality for students and staff.
  
• High School Student Musicians Earn Honors
  In the first several weeks of school, band programs in the Bellingham School District have already claimed a multitude of achievements.
  
• District Students, Staff Earn Honors
  Bellingham School District students and staff from Alderwood, Birchwood, Geneva, Larrabee, Parkview, Sunnyland and Roosevelt elementary schools, and Bellingham, Sehome and Squalicum high schools recently won the following awards:
  
• District Celebrates 2008 Advanced Placement Student Scholars
  Eighty graduates and 30 current students from Bellingham, Sehome and Squalicum high schools have earned the College Board distinction as AP Scholars in recognition of their exceptional achievement on the college-level Advanced Placement Program (AP) exams given in spring 2008.
  
• Bellingham School District Honored for Technology Innovation
  The Center for Digital Education and the National School Boards Association have selected the Bellingham School District Board of Directors as a 2008 Digital School Boards Survey winner, ranking Bellingham second nationally of school districts of similar size.